dr Paweł Migdalski

Uniwersytet Szczeciński

VIII KONGRES MEDIEWISTÓW POLSKICH - GNIEZNO 2025

Coordinator

2. On the trail of the Bolesławs - memory of the rule of the first Piasts

List of papers

12. Return to Poland of Mieszko and Bolesław the Brave - Polish historical sciences towards the areas of western and northern Poland annexed in 1945

Continuity or scientific colonialism? The beginnings of Polish research on early medieval Western Pomerania after World War II.

The aim of this paper, based on an extensive archival search, will be to discuss the beginnings of Polish research on early medieval Western Pomerania after World War II. A special place will be given to the presentation of the continuation of research topics already undertaken during the interwar period in the academic centre in Poznan and their influence on research directions after the war. This continuation was often the result of a kind of genealogy of historical and archaeological schools and the succession of the masters' interests despite the changing political situation. The second plot that will be given increased emphasis will be the portrayal of the Poznan academic centre as a promoter of research on Pomerania both before and after 1945, whose graduates largely colonised many scientific institutions in the western lands, especially in Pomerania.

2. On the trail of the Bolesławs - memory of the rule of the first Piasts

How Germania was replaced by Mieszko I. Creating remembrance in the twentieth century of Mieszko I's activities in Western Pomerania

The aim of this paper, based on an extensive source research, will be to show the process of creating a memory of Mieszko I's actions and possessions in Western Pomerania in the 20th century. Particular attention will be paid here to the creation and propagation of narratives related to the issue of the conquest of Pomerania and the actions of the first Piast to hold this land, as part of a broader political mythology related to the western territories. To achieve this, selected activities and the process of constructing symbolic places of remembrance that shape and strengthen the memory in Polish society of the narratives linking Mieszko I with Pomerania will be presented.